Saturday

Henk Grewe will be disappointed if one of his inmates isn’t first past the post. The Tai Chi-sired Scapina finished 5th in the Henkel-Stutenpreis, at Düsseldorf, while Farshad can be expected to have learned a great deal from his G3 Sigy Stakes run at Chantilly. Hans Albert Blume’s Mascalino looks to be the biggest threat to Grewe’s hopes.

Sunday

There’s UK interest in the 2017 German 1000 Guineas and Hugo Palmer’s Unforgettable Filly reminded us all of her ability, earlier this month, when winning the Listed Fillies’ Stakes at Musselburgh under a ride from rising star Josephine Gordon.

The horse found trouble in-running, but recovered well after switching left and beaten favourite Pirouette simply had no answer to her turn of foot. Don’t forget that you’ll be paid-out a 10% bonus, if you back this British raider and it wins!

This should offer plenty of pointers for how the season will unfold, but it looks a tricky race for punters to say the least. Cases can be made for Nerud, Fulminato, Instigator, Villardo, Amigo and Peter Schiergen’s Ashiana. Waldemar Hickst’s Walsingham is another that cannot be ruled-out, following a commendable performance in the Listed De L’avre Stakes at Saint Cloud (finished 3rd of 7).

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